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Wednesday, 29 May 2013

BLACK SOCIAL HISTORY : AFRICAN AMERICAN LIEUTENANT GENERAL DARREN W. MCDEW A UNITED STATES AIR FORCE GENERAL : GOES INTO THE " HALL OF BLACK GENIUS "

LIEUTENANT GENERAL DARREN W. MCDEW

Lt. Gen. Darren W. McDew is Commander, 18th Air
Force, Scott Air Force Base, Ill. As Air Mobility Command's sole
warfighting numbered air force, 18th Air Force is responsible for the
command's worldwide operational mission of providing rapid, global
mobility and sustainment for America's armed forces through airlift,
aerial refueling, aeromedical evacuation, and contingency response. With
more than 39,000 active-duty Airmen, Reservists and civilians and
approximately 1,300 aircraft, the 18th Air Force manages the global air
mobility enterprise through the 618th Air and Space Operations Center
(Tanker Airlift Control Center), 11 wings and two stand-alone groups.
General McDew also commands Task Force 294, which oversees Air Force
tanker operations in support of U.S. Strategic Command.

General McDew was commissioned in 1982 following his graduation from
Virginia Military Institute. He began his flying career at Loring Air
Force Base, Maine. His staff assignments include serving as a member of
the Air Force Chief of Staff Operations Group, Air Force aide to the
President, and Chief of the U.S. Air Force Senate Liaison Division,
Washington, D.C. and the Director of Public Affairs, Office of the
Secretary of the Air Force, Washington, D.C. The general has served as
the Vice Commander of 18th Air Force, Scott AFB, Ill., and has commanded
at the squadron, group and wing levels as well as an Air Force Direct
Reporting Unit. He has deployed in support of ongoing operations in
Central and Southwest Asia as an air expeditionary group commander and
later as the Director of Mobility Forces. Prior to his current
assignment, the general was the Commander, Air Force District of
Washington, Joint Base Andrews, Maryland.

The general is a command pilot with more than 3,000 flying hours in a variety of aircraft.